Capo
4
Difficulty
Beginner 👶
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Key: C#m 🎸 Verse 1: Am F See the man G Em Who stands upon the hill F Dm Esus4 E He dreams of all the battles won Am F G Em But fate had left its scars upon his face F Dm Esus4 E With all the damage they had done F G And so time, with age E Am He turns the page G F Let the flesh E Submit itself to gravity
🎸 Chorus: F Let our bodies lay G While our hearts we'll save E Let our blood invade Am G If I die in vain F G Now, if your convictions were a passing faith E Am G May your ashes feed the river in the morning rays F And as the vermin crawls Dm E* Am We lay in the foundations of decay 🎸 Verse 2: Am F G Em He was there, the day the towers fell F Dm Esus4 E And so he wandered down the road Am F G Em And we would all build towers of our own F Dm Esus4 E Only to watch the rooms corrode F G But it's much too late E Am You're in the race G F So we'll press E And press 'til you can't take it anymore 🎸 Chorus: F Let our bodies lay G While our hearts we'll save E Let our blood invade Am G If I die in vain F G And if, by his own hand, his spirit flies E Take his body as a relic Am G To be canonized, now F E And so he gets to die a saint Am But she will always be the whore 🎸 Bridge: (2 strums on each chord) Am Am Am (Let's flip out!) Am Am Am C Am Am Am C Am Am Am Em A---gainst faith (Antihero) Am Am Am Em A---gainst all life (As if it must be pure) Am Am Am Em A---gainst change (Wander through the ruins) Am Am Am Am F G We are free (The guiltiness is yours) 🎸 Verse 3: Em Am G You must fix your heart F G Em Am G And you must build an altar where it rests F G When the storm decays and the sky it rains Em Let it flood Let it flood Am G Let it wash away F G And as we stumble through your last crusade Em Am G When you welcome your extinction in the morning rays F E And as the swarming calls we lay in the foundations 🎸 Outro: Am Dm Am Yes, it comforts me much more E Am Dm Yes, it comforts me much more Am E To lay in the foundations of decay Bb A Bb A Bb A Get up coward!
Other Versions & Arrangements
- The Foundations Of Decay (Intro)
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The Foundations Of Decay Chords Info
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Capo: 4
Difficulty: Beginner 👶
Chords: C#m, Am, F, G, Em, Dm, Esus4, E, C, A, Bb